Marc Marquez says he doesn’t count on to be in victory rivalry for Sunday’s full-length Indonesian Grand Prix regardless of his run to the highest three from twelfth in MotoGP’s dash race.
The Gresini Ducati rider’s third-placed end behind Francesco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini in Saturday’s shorter encounter was the constructive finish to a day that began terribly when Marquez did not set a time in Q2 after crashing twice.
Marking the third successive occasion that Marquez has hit the deck throughout qualifying, the six-time MotoGP world champion nonetheless shook off his fourth-row grid slot with a searing getaway that propelled him all the way in which to fifth in simply two corners.
Getting as excessive as second within the wake of a crash for Jorge Martin and an off-track second for Marco Bezzecchi, although Marquez was demoted down to 3rd by Bastianini late on, it nonetheless represents the Spaniard’s thirteenth high three end of 2024.
“Yesterday I used to be struggling quite a bit, then right now we made an enormous step in FP2 however in qualifying we made an enormous mistake and didn’t end the lap,” mentioned Marquez.
Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing
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“Beginning twelfth penalised our race quite a bit, however the tempo is there and we confirmed within the dash race that we might struggle for the rostrum, so I’m tremendous joyful.
“However, after the primary lap, I might see that even when I began on the entrance two rows I might have completed in the identical place, so we did the utmost.”
Inspired by his tempo in race situations having struggled to dial in his GP23 throughout apply, it nonetheless leaves Marquez feeling much more pissed off for the qualifying dramas that may consign him again to twelfth on the grid for Sunday’s race.
“It’s true which you could’t do a primary lap like that each time,” he added.
“It felt tremendous good, however it’s not the conventional factor, so tomorrow we’ll take extra time to come back again and it’ll rely on how a lot time we lose within the first laps to see if we’re near the entrance.”
